How to plan and write a budget for research grant proposal?

ABSTRACT

Medical research can have an enormous positive impact on human health. Health research improves thequality of human lives and society which plays a vital role in social and economic development of thenation. Financial support is crucial for research. However, winning a research grant is a difficult task. Asuccessful grant-winning application requires two key elements one is an innovative research problemwith best probable idea/plan for tackling it and appropriate planning of budget. The aim of the presentpaper is to give an insight on funding agencies providing funding for health research including traditionalIndian medicine (from an Indian perspective) and key points for planning and writing budget section of agrant application.© 2017 Transdisciplinary University, Bangalore and World Ayurveda Foundation. Publishing Services byElsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).